1000 PeaceWomen:
1000 women for peace and justice
The 1000 PeaceWomen are activists from around the world who were collectively nominated for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. They are still part of our growing network of women peace activists today.
The initiative "1000 Women for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize" is the starting point of our founding story. The women come from all regions of the world, have very different biographies and are active in different areas – locally, nationally or internationally.
What they have in common is their belief in a peaceful and just world, for which they strive with their daily, often dangerous work. Today, they link up with activists around the globe in our network Feminists Connecting for Peace.
In 2005, the book "1000 PeaceWomen Across the Globe" was published in several languages with the history of the initiative and the biographies of the nominated PeaceWomen. You can order the book via our office. On this page you can read the biographies that were compiled for the book at the time. Enter the first or last name or the country of the PeaceWoman you are looking for in the search box.
In the film "1000 Women and a Dream" you can learn the whole story of the initiative "1000 Women for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize".
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia And Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
- Albertina Duarte Takiuti
- Alzira Rufino
- Ana Maria Machado
- Ana Montenegro
- Benedita da Silva
- Concita Maia
- Creuza Maria Oliveira
- Eliane Potiguara
- Elizabeth Teixeira
- Elza Berquó
- Elzita Santa Cruz Oliveira
- Eva Alterman Blay
- Fátima Oliveira
- Givânia Maria da Silva
- Heleieth Saffioti
- Helena Greco
- Heloneida Studart
- Hilda Dias dos Santos - "Mãe Hilda Jitolu"
- Jacqueline Pitanguy
- Joênia Batista de Carvalho
- Jurema Batista
- Lair Guerra de Macedo
- Leila Linhares Barsted
- Lenira Maria de Carvalho
- Luci Teresinha Choinacki
- Luiza Erundina de Souza
- Maninha Xukuru
- Mara Régia di Perna
- Margarida Genevois
- Maria Amélia de Almeida Teles
- Maria Berenice Dias
- Maria José de Oliveira Araújo
- Maria José Mota
- Maria José Rosado Nunes
- Maria Stella de Azevedo Santos
- Marina Silva
- Mayana Zatz
- Moema Libera Viezzer
- Niède Guidon
- Nilza Iraci
- Procópia dos Santos Rosa
- Raimunda Gomes da Silva
- Rose Marie Muraro
- Ruth de Souza
- Schuma Schumaher
- Silvia Pimentel
- Sueli Pereira Pini
- Therezinha de Godoy Zerbini
- Vanete Almeida
- Zenilda Maria de Araújo
- Zilda Arns Neumann
- Zuleika Alembert
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
- Bing Zheng
- Chunxia Li
- Daiyun Yue
- Daofu Chen
- Dianmin Wang
- E Yang
- Fenglan Liu
- Fenglan Zhao
- Fengxiang Xu
- Guangren Zhou
- Guilan Wang
- Guilian Li
- Guimei Zhang
- Guirong Tian
- Guixin Yu
- Hailan Yang
- Hua Zhang
- Hualian Wang
- Isabel Crook
- Jianhua Wang
- Jianjun Hong
- Jianli Yun
- Jianmei Guo
- Jihui Zhang
- Jingrong Xiao
- Jinming Zhang
- Jiuhua Wu
- Jiying Xu
- Jiyue Li
- Joan Hinton
- Jun Li
- Jun Liang
- Lihong Shi
- Lihua Xie
- Ling Zhao
- Liwen Wang
- Luping Zhang
- Meihua Jin
- Meiqing Hua
- Meirong Wu
- Min Sun
- Mingxia Chen
- Pinsong Wang
- Qingrong Ma
- Qionghua Fan
- Rurui Shi
- Shana Chang
- Shen Tan
- Shuhua Huang
- Shuqin Zhang
- Shuxia Wang
- Sihai Long
- Tete Li
- Wei Cheng
- Wenqing Zhang
- Xia Wang
- Xiaoliang Li
- Xiaoxi Li
- Xiaoxia Zhu
- Xiaoying Zheng
- Xin Qi
- Xingjuan Wang
- Xinlan Ma
- Xinzhi Guo
- Xiuyu Dong
- Xiuyun Shang
- Xuan Wang
- Xuebo Li
- Yanxia Su
- Yaojie Gao
- Ying Ning
- Yinxiu Zhu
- Yongchen Wang
- Youyun Zhang
- Yue Chen
- Yuqin Niu
- Yuying Chen
- Yuzhen Chang
- Yuzhen Yin
- Zhiying Ma
- Zhongxun Liu
China, Hong Kong Sar
China, Taiwan
Colombia
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Côte D'ivoire
Dem. Republic Of The Congo
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Egypt
El Salvador
Fed. States Of Micronesia
Finland
French Polynesia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea-Bissau
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
- Abha Bhaiya
- Ajeet Cour
- Alkaben Jani
- America Devi
- Anjali Gopalan
- Annapurna Moharana
- Aruna Roy
- Ayo Aidari Trust
- Beena Sebastian
- Biro Bala Rava
- Chaggi Bai Bhil
- Champa Devi Shukla
- Chekkottu Kariyan Janu
- Devaki Jain
- Dilafrose Qazi
- Duiji
- Durga Devi
- Elizabeth Edattukaran
- Ginny Shrivastava
- Hakkuben Theba
- Indira Jaising
- Indrani Sinha
- Irom Sharmila Chanu
- Janaki
- Kavita Srivastava
- Keepu Tsering Lepcha
- Kiran Bedi
- Kishwar Ahmed Shirali
- Komal Srivastava
- Krishna Ahooja-Patel
- Krishna Kumar
- Krishnammal Jagannaathan
- Lakshmi Sahgal
- Lalita Ramdas
- Lataben Sachde
- Latifabano Mohammad Yusuf Getali
- Leelakumari Amma
- Maglin Peter
- Mahashweta Devi
- Malika Virdi
- Mallika Vikram Sarabhai
- Maninder "Meenu" Sodhi
- Maya John Ingty
- Medha Patkar
- Meghiben Samariya
- Mogullamma
- Mohini Giri
- Mrinal Gore
- Mrinalini V Sarabhai
- Murari Prameela
- Nalini Nayak
- Nandita Haksar
- Naseeb Mohammad Shaikh
- Nasreen Bano
- Neera Desai
- Neidonuo Angami
- Nighat Shafi Pandit
- Nilu Rani Patra
- Nirmala
- Nirmala Deshpande
- Omana T K
- Parmaben Sava
- Parveena Ahangar
- Pushpa Bhave
- Radha Bhatt
- Rajni Kumar
- Rani Bang
- Rashida Bee
- Roshanben M Shaikh
- Runa Banerjee
- Ruth Manorama
- Saraswathi
- Shabnam Hashmi
- Shahjahan Apa
- Shanta Devi
- Sharda Devi
- Sheila Didi
- Shyamala Natarajan
- Sonia
- Sukha "Doctor"
- Sumitra
- Sushobha Barve
- Teesta Setalvad
- Tiliya Devi
- Tripurari Sharma
- Tsering Lahdol
- Urvashi Butalia
- Vandana Shiva
- Vasanth Kannabiran
- Vina Mazumdar
- Yashoda Sharma
Indonesia
- Ade Rostina Sitompul
- Aleta Ba’un
- Brigitta Renyaan
- Dewi Rana Amir
- Esthi Susanti Hudiono
- Farha Ciciek
- Galuh Wandita
- Henny Yudea
- Hermawati
- Hilda Djulaida Rolobessy
- Julien Florence Mona Saroinsong
- Kamala Chandrakirana
- Lily Djenaan
- Nani Zulminarni
- Nursyahbani Katjasungkana
- Paula Makabory
- Ratna Indraswari Ibrahim
- Samsidar
- Sister Cecilia
- Sophie Patty
- Yosepha Alomang
- Yusan Yeblo
- Zohra Andi Baso
International
Israel
Jamaica
Kenya
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Lao Peoples Dem. Republic
Lebanon
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Malaysia
Mali
- Aminata Touré Barry
- Cissouma Korotoumou Traore
- Dembélé Mariam Sidibé
- Fatimata Touré
- Fatoumata Dembélé Diarra
- Fatoumata Diakite
- Henriette Carvalho Kouyate
- Hiri Maguiraga
- Maïmouna Coulibaly Camara
- Mama Koite Doumbia
- Moussomakan Sakiliba
- N'Diaye Korotoumou Traoré
- Sirandou Bocoum
- Tahanouma Walet Abeb
- Togo Mariam Baro
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
Netherlands
New Caledonia
Nicaragua
Norway
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Oman
Pakistan
- Akeela Naz
- Akhtar Riazuddin
- Anis Haroon
- Asma Jahangir
- Bilquis Edhi
- Dilshad Murtaza
- Farida Shaheed
- Hilda Saeed
- Hina Jilani
- Khawar Mumtaz
- Kishwar Naheed
- Kulsoom Farman
- Madeeha Gauhar
- Majida Rizvi
- Maryam Bibi
- Mehmooda Salim Khan
- Nafisa Shah
- Nasreen Awan
- Nigar Ahmad
- Nusrat Ara
- Parveen Azam Khan
- Quratulain Bakhteari
- Rubina Feroze Bhatti
- Salma Maqbool
- Sheema Kermani
- Shehla Zia
- Yasmin Karim
- Zakia Arshad
- Zari Sarfaraz
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
- Adoracion Cruz Avisado
- Ana Theresia Hontiveros-Baraquel
- Cecile Guidote Alvarez
- Corazon "Dinky" Juliano-Soliman
- Delia Ediltrudes 'Duds' Santiago-Locsin
- Elisa Gahapon del Puerto
- Hadja Bainon Guiabar Karon
- Haydee B. Yorac
- Irene Morada Santiago
- June Caridad Pagaduan Lopez
- Loreta Navarro-Castro
- Maria Lorenza Palm-Dalupan
- Mariani Dimaranan
- Marilou Diaz-Abaya
- Mary Lou Alcid
- Mary Soledad Perpiñan
- Miriam Coronel Ferrer
- Miriam Suacito
- Myla Jabilles Leguro
- Piang Tahsim Albar
- Pura Sumangil
- Seiko Bodios Ohashi
- Teresa Banaynal Fernandez
- Teresita Ang-See
- Teresita Quintos-Deles
- Zenaida Brigida Hamada-Pawid
- Zenaida Tan Lim
Qatar
Republic Of Korea
Republic Of Moldova
Russian Federation
- Aishat Magomedova
- Alina Allo
- Alla Yaroshinskaya
- Almira Adiatullina
- Anna Politkovskaya
- Asiyat Murtazalieva
- Elena Ershova
- Ella-Maria Polyakova
- Fatima Gazieva
- Irina Dementieva
- Irina Hakamada
- Lidia Grafova
- Lyubov Baskhanova
- Lyudmila Alekseeva
- Lyudmila Pavlichenko
- Lyudmila Varfolomeeva
- Mariam Yandieva
- Maya Shovkhalova
- Natalya Berezhnaya
- Olga Doronina
- Olga Sokolova
- Rosa Bataeva
- Svetlana Alieva
- Svetlana Bocharova
- Svetlana Gannushkina
- Tatiana Chertoritskaya
- Tatyana Kotlyar
- Toita Yunusova
- Valentina Cherevatenko
- Valentina Merkulova
- Valeria Porokhova
- Zalpa Bersanova
- Zarema Omarova
- Zuleikhan Bagalova
- Zulpa Musostova
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
- Aida Ahmed Abdalla
- Amna Abd El Rahman Abd El Rasoul
- Anita Batris Amiro
- Bakhita Mohmed Osman
- Bruna Siricio Iro
- Ester Kuku Rahal
- Fatima Abdelrahim Osman
- Fatima Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim
- Nafisa Mustafa Shargawi
- Rachael Nyadak Paul
- Saeeda Mohd Bedri Mohd Abu Hadia
- Safaa Elagib Adam
- Samia Mohemed Ibrahim
- Siham Daoud Anglo
- Sudanese Women Empowerment for Peace Program
- Zeinab Mohamed Nour
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tfyr Macedonia
Thailand
Tonga
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United Republic Of Tanzania
United States Of America
- Aileen Clarke Hernandez
- Alice Ophelia Hyman Lynch
- Andrea Smith
- Anne Firth Murray
- Barbara Lee
- Barbara Smith
- Betty Burkes
- Betty Reardon
- Candi Smucker
- Charlotte Bunch
- Chris Norwood
- Cora Weiss
- Cynthia Basinet
- Cynthia McKinney
- Dorothy Rupert
- Elise Marie Biorn-Hansen Boulding
- Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez
- Ellen Barry
- Grace Paley
- Hadayai Majeed
- Holly Near
- Jane Roberts and Lois Abraham
- Kate Donnelly
- Kate Michelman
- Kip Tiernan
- Linda Burnham
- Mandy Carter
- Maria Varela
- Marta Drury
- Mary Thunder
- Medea Benjamin
- Noeleen Heyzer
- Roma Pauline Guy
- Rosalie Bertell
- Roselle Bailey
- Sharon Hutchinson
- Susan Sygall
- Swanee Hunt
- Terry Greenblatt
- Yuri Kochiyama